Creating a theme

  • Resolved dwlamb

    (@dwlamb)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    I’m a Integrator and Front-End developer wanting to expand my skills into creating themes or at least modifying existing ones to suit a client’s needs.

    I’ve closely read Why WordPress Themes and succeeded to take an existing theme and modified the css. But I feel I need to learn more since the above article covers so much.

    I created a blog on my development machine. I’ve written some Lorem Ipsum blog entries and one entry with photos attached (i.e., a photo album). I am not sure I’ve used the power of WordPress enough to expose myself to all facets that need to be looked at for creating a theme.

    Can someone direct me, in a point form, perhaps, as to all the areas I should add content? I have done:

    • A WordPress installation with a few entries
    • A blog entry with photos
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  • Caroline Moore

    (@sixhours)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    If you’re looking for a thorough way to test your theme, try the Theme Unit Test. This includes test data you can import to your installation–no need to reinvent the wheel.

    Thread Starter dwlamb

    (@dwlamb)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    That worked perfectly, thanks.

    There is one thing about the instructions that is missing, however.

    There’s no mention that the WordPress Importer plug-in has to be activated. I was lucky for I have enough experience with other CMS’s to know there’s gotta be a resource. But not everyone will, especially someone totally new to WP

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